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The Nigerian Police Dismiss Officer Caught On Camera, Who Publicly Justified Extortion

Richard Gele, a Nigerian Police. Officer and an Inspector by rank, who publicly justified extortion, on Monday, to members of the public while at his duty post,  has been dismissed by the the Nigerian Police Force.



Gele, who was captured in a viral video by a traveller, was dignifying extortion.

The Inspector who was attached to the Police Mobile Force 77 Squadron in Okene, Kogi State told the travellers that extortion was a legitimate ground for survival.

He spoke confidently about the act, adding that it was an act encouraged by his superiors.

Watch the video below:


“If I want to collect money, I will collect good money, I dont take ‘change’. I also don’t hide it. Even the IGP is aware, and my former superior told me that if I should take money, I should take the one he would get a cut.

“So, if such an act gets me into trouble, he (former superior) will defend me,” Gele spoke confidently to the travellers in pidgin.

The Inspector, from Benue State, was enlisted into the Force in September 2000 and, until his dismissal, was attached to Police Mobile Force 77 Squadron, Okene, Kogi State and deployed to the Itobe – Anyigba Road, for the safety of road users and commuters, along the route, where the incident occurred.

The Force Spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in an update on the matter said that Inspector Gele was subjected to an internal disciplinary mechanism and was found guilty of the charges levelled against him.

Therefore, "in line with extant laws governing the conduct of police personnel, Adejobi noted that the Inspector, with AP/No. 188547, “ceases to be a member of the Nigeria Police Force with immediate effect."

“The officer has been de-kitted and handed over to the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State, for further necessary action." Adejobi said in a statement on Friday.

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, while expressing the staunch commitment of his administration at bequeathing policing standards in tandem with international best practices to the nation, warned all personnel to eschew extortion, unprofessionalism, official corruption and other inappropriate acts.

“The IGP urged them to display exemplary courage and patriotism in the discharge of their duties.”

Comments

  1. Anonymous2 August 2022 at 04:00

    This is what people go through everyday on the road. And no respect for chain of command imagine calling the office of the IG

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